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STATE OF I OIJISIAHA <br /> 0EPARIMENT OF STATE <br /> A* LOUISIANA BOARD OF <br /> ERVICE <br /> PiETHICS <br /> ._`- ‘,1:40a <br /> BATON <br /> 713821 <br /> 25. 60BOX 1) <br /> FAX (225)351-7171 <br /> *von OthiCS IS gov <br /> June 16,2017 <br /> Ms. Rebecca Taylor <br /> 35621 Garden Dr. <br /> Slidell, Louisiana 70460 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2017-441 <br /> Dear Ms. Taylor: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its June 16, 2017 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics would prohibit you as a <br /> member of the St. Tammany Parish Library Board of Control from processing your Medicare <br /> supplemental benefits that you earned as a library employee. You provided that you retired from the <br /> St. Tammany Parish Library in 2007 and at age 65 you will be eligible to apply for the Medicare <br /> supplement that you earned while serving as an employee of the St. Tammany Parish Library. You <br /> supplied a statement from Library Director Donald Westmoreland which states that you earned the <br /> benefit prior to 2007 and the benefit has not changed since 2002. <br /> The Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that the situation presented <br /> herein does not present an issue under the jurisdiction of the Ethics Board. The Code of <br /> Governmental Ethics would not prohibit you from receiving your duly entitled Medicare <br /> benefits. <br /> This advisory opinion is based solely on the facts as set forth herein. Changes to the <br /> facts as presented may result in a different application of the provisions of the Code of <br /> Ethics. The Board issues no opinion as to past conductor as to laws other than the Code of <br /> Governmental Ethics. If you have any questions, please contact me at (800) 842-6630 or <br /> (225) 219-5600. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> Suzanne uinlan Mooney <br /> For the Hoard <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />